Carpenter&#39;s tool



Sept. 5, 1933. L WHEELER 1,925,708

CARPENTERS TOOL v Filed May 5, 1950 'Patentecl Sept. 5, 1933 t I v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CARPENTERS TOOL Arthur Lesslie Wheeler, Cleveland, Tex, assignor of one-half, to S. Edward Rodgers, Liberty County, Tex;

Application May 5, 1930. Serial No. 450,046 1 Claim. (01. 33-43) This invention relates to new and useful imedge aligns with the right hand marking 6 and provements in a carpenters tool. the timber cross scored along the right hand One object of the invention is to provide a tool edge of the rule, as at 14. The timber may then of the character described specially designed for be cut across along the markings 13, 14 and the use in cutting timbers, or boards, for use in forma ends of the ,cuttimbers may then be fitted to- 60 ing many sided structures, such as hexagons, gether and said timbers will then form the sides heptagons, octagons, etc. of a hexagon. If a heptagon is desired, the rule Another object of the invention is to provide 4 maybe similarly moved to align its left edge an implement of the character described which with the marking 7 and the timber transversely 10 may readily be applied to aboard, or timber, and scored along the left margin of the rule and 65 the workmarked for the cuts to be made and then moved until its right hand margin comes when said board, or timber, is cut as indicated, into alignment with the marking 7 on the right it will form a side of the selected structure and and the timber correspondingly scored and then will match, or fit with, the similar adjacent sides out; and soon for an octagon, nonagon, etc.; or a of the desired structure. single timben'to form one side of the structure, 70 With the above and other Objects in view, this may be cut off first at one end along the scoring invention has particular relation to certain novel made at one margin of the rule and the implefeatures of construction, operation and arrangement then moved to the other end of the timber ment of parts, an example of which is described and the rule appropriately movedand the timber in this specification and illustrated in the accomthen cut along the scoring made at the-opposite 75 panying drawing, wherein:-- margin of the rule. 1

Figure 1 Shows a p View Of the tool D- The drawing and description disclose what is plied to the work and considered to bee preferred form of the in- Figure 2 s ws a cross Sectional v w taken on vention by way of illustration only while the the e of Figure broad principle of the invention will be defined 80 Referring now more particularly to the drawby theappended claim. ing wherein like'numerals of reference designate wh t I Iaim is; I similar parts in each of the figures the numeral A carpentry tool comprising a base bar, 1 designates an arcuate Scale Whose ends are e arcuate scale whose ends are attached to said cured in any preferred manner, to the base base bar, a rule, one end of which is pivoted to bar 2. This bar constitutes a fixed straight edge the base bar midway, between the end the to lie against the board timber 3 to be scale the free end of the rule overlying and being There is a rule 4 d atone to h slidable along the scale, the free end of the rule 2. This rule is pivoted at the center of the c1rcle having spaced lengthwise, Slots f rming a guide 35 described by the scale 1 and its free end overlies finger between them Whichengages underneath Said scalesaid free end Ofthe rule has a guide the scale and which is effective to hold the rule finger 5 which engages underneath the scale to in Shdahle engagement w the Sca1e hold the rule in slidable engagement with said I scale. On opposite sides of a radial line ex- ARTHUR LESSLIE WHEELER tending at right angles to the bar from the pivotal point of the scale, the said scale has the graduations, or markings, as shown,.said markings being indicated by the numerals 6, 6 to 12, ,12 respectively. v v In order to cut a timber, or. board, to form the side of a polygon the bar 2 may be placed alongside the timber to be cut and with the rule 4 lying across said timber, the rule may then be moved, say to the left, until its left hand edge is in alignment with the selected marking, as for example the left hand marking 6, if a hexagon is sought. The timber may then be marked along the left hand edge of the rule, said marking being indicated by the numeral 13. The rule may then be moved to the right until its right hand 

